Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 529:2

  • justice: when applied to a magistrate, shall mean a justice of a municipal court, or a justice of the peace having jurisdiction over the subject-matter. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:12
  • real estate: shall include lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:21
  • sworn: when applied to public officers required by the constitution to take oaths therein prescribed, shall refer to those oaths; when applied to other officers it shall mean sworn to the faithful discharge of the duties of their offices before a justice of the peace, or other person authorized to administer official oaths in such cases. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:25
The officer levying the execution shall cause three appraisers to be appointed, one by the creditor, one by the debtor and one by himself, who shall be discreet and disinterested men, resident in the county, and shall be sworn by a justice impartially to appraise such real estate as shall be shown them as the estate of the debtor.